How much nori should i feed my yellow tang?

[AChilton]

How much should i feed him per day? he absoloutely loves the stuff and i'm sure he would eat as much as i put in. What a good amount per day? He does really eat flakes or pellets. he'll take a few but he normally won't eat them so the nori is his his main meal.

 

[Hawkeye]

My tang does not know when to stop eatting the nori so I tend not to give it all the time: fast easting = fast pooping = higher nitrates.

 

[reeferwanabe]

If that is all he is eating and you dont have macro algae for him to graze on during the day then I'd say at least once a day. or smaller amounts 2-3 times a day

 

[AChilton]

If that is all he is eating and you dont have macro algae for him to graze on during the day then I'd say at least once a day. or smaller amounts 2-3 times a day

Right but how much of it once a day?

 

[adesimone1]

Do half a strip and see how much he would eat. If he eats the whole thing right a way then try a little bigger piece if he doesn't eat it all in about 1 hour then give him a little less.

 

[Phyl]

If you leave it too long it goes bad. The stuff left behind in the clip when he's done also goes gross if it isn't cleaned out in a short period of time. So as adesimone said, use what your fish will eat in an hour or so (before it ends up all over your tank).

 

[Jcurry@wesketch]

I used to take a full 8x10 sheet and fold it half, then wrap it around a wet piece of pvc pipe and secure with a rubber band. Run a piece of airline tubing through a plastic bottle cap and through the PVC and hang it in the tank. It would last all day without falling apart like a regular clip. If you leave the bag of seaweed open it gets rubbery and holds together better.

 

[Phyl]

What size PVC, Jeff. That sounds interesting. No pictures, huh?

 

[Jcurry@wesketch]

I used some 1" dia. by 6" or 8" long PVC because it's what I had lying around and it worked with the plastic bottle cap. If I remember I take a pic tonight.

 

[AChilton]

What was the point of the airline tubing through the bottle cap? i've heard of the whole pvc pipe. My tangs were a little shy when it came to the pipe so i rubber band it to a piece of rock in the tank instead and the devour it!

 

[Jcurry@wesketch]

Drill a 1/8" hole in the bottle cap and string the airline tubing through and tie it into a knot. The cap acts as a stopper to hold up the PVC pipe.
The rock works but it's a pain to retrieve. Witht the air line tubing just just pull it up and slip the PVC off and roll on a new sheet, then drop it back in the water. No mess, no towels & no fuss. I'm a very lazy reefer.

 

[AChilton]

Ohhh i see! that's smart, yeah the rock is quite the pain to retrieve. hey nothing wrong with being lazy as long as all the work gets done, right?

 

[adesimone1]

I don't use a clip on my tanks. My 210 I put in a whole sheet in the tank. My guys take it out of my hand and then it is a free for all and tug of war for 5 min. then it is gone. It is the funniest thing to watch. I put a 1/2 sheet in the 110 still a tug of war but not as amusing as the 210

 

[Sunny]

Which nori sheets are you feeding?

 

[adesimone1]

It depends sometimes I go to an Asian market and pick it up or to the lfs and get a variety red, green, brown, purple. I have pigs and they are not picky

 

[AChilton]

I'm just feeding them the stuff we get from the asian market. We use it when we make sushi.

 

[roxsburyrage]

Also just a suggestion if all your feeding you tank is Nori .Don't forget to do a food Soak.It will really help keep the colors of you tang nice and prevent disease.I use Selcon or Vitachem.Nori really soaks Liquid Vitamins well.